ITunes blocks Harry Potter mp3s. Why ?

We recently bought the Harry Potter audio books in mp3 format. I can import them into iTunes but I can not get them into the iCloud or to any of my devices - iPads or iPhones. iTunes puts a NotCloud icon in the row for each. If you click on the icon you get a message "This item is not eligible for iCloud." In addition you can not drag any of the mp3s to any device. Basically iTunes will not let me listen to these mp3s. Why ? How do I get access to these mp3s that I have paid for on my iPads and iPhones ?

MHMH wrote:
I have successfully gotten the Harry Potter mp3 digital audio books into iMatch and onto my device.
Chris CA: You did not previously state you had iTunes Match.
MHMH: My apologies. When I initially added them to the library they also had an icon of a cloud with a bar through it. I tried multiple scenarios with and without iMatch. Until they were set as audiobooks I made no progress.
- To get the mp3s into the cloud there are 2 steps that must be accomplished:
Chris CA: 1. Sign up for iTunes Match
then do the other steps...
There is a video on the Pottermore site that explains the scenario if you do not have iMatch. In that scenario you have to drag the files from your library to your device, unless you have sync options that load all music to your device.
Chris CA: Actually, set them as Audiobooks. select the Audiobooks tab and tick what you want to sync.
The error message that I was getting seems to have to do with the digital rights associated with the mp3s.
Chris CA: MP3 files do not (and cannot) contain any DRM.
MHMH: The information on the digital rights came from Apple Support Chat.
I believe that the mp3s are apparently identified as digital audio books and can not be put in the cloud as music. Somehow iTunes figures this out.
Chris CA: As Edward noted above, the low bitrate of these files is what prevents them from uploading to iTunes Match.
MHMH: Are you saying that they can not be uploaded as music because of the bit rate ? Or can not be uploaded at all because of the bit rate ?
The requirement that you manually have to specify these as audio books seems odd to me. iTunes can figure out that they need to be classified that way/ Why doesn't this happen automatically ?
Chris CA: Because they are simply an MP3 file with no tags to specifiy it is an audiobook. The tag for this is added after you add it to iTunes.
MHMH: So tagging them made it possible for iMatch to upload them ? with the lower bit rate ? I am pleased that I have access to the content. I am trying to net this out so that others do not have to go through this learning process. Thank you.

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